A few cute moments

Just wanted to share these.

Ryan and his two tired followers.

Maggie puts her walking to work and lends Ryan a hand.

Ryan's First Girl

Our family went to Cancun in April. While we were there, Ryan met his very first gilrfriend, Ava. He affectionately referred to her as "My Girl." I should note that Ava was a "much older girl" being 5 to Ryan's 3. (What a stud-puppet!).

Ryan took Ava by the hand and walked her across the pool area.

Not sure whose idea is was, but we suddenly saw the too of them heading off to the hot tub!

They had a blast in the hot tub playing with the water jets.

After a stint in the hot tub, Ryan and Ava cooled off in the pool splashing around, dicussing marriage plans, and other topics perfect for a first date... ;-)

Ryan spent most of his time with Ava - they were inseparable.

Ryan Mows the Lawn

Everyone in Florida knows the only reason you have kids is because of the lawn (you hate doing the lawn so you have kids. They hate doing the lawn so THEY have kids and that my friends is why we have children!). Ryan decided to start early with his bubble mower...

Watch out for the sprinklers!

Checking the spark plugs, or is that the fan belt?

Back in action again!

A Few Miscellaneous Memories

These are some various pitcures that I just couldn't pass up posting.

Ryan decided to dress Mr(s). Potato Head in his own unique way...
Ryan was very proud of his cross-dressing Potato Head!
Ryan want to be like his big brothers and when we get Subway, he has a sub of his own (I think his eyes are definitely bigger than his mouth AND his stomach!).
Ryan loves to read - One day, J and I didn't know where Ryan was and the house was very quiet (usually not a good thing). I tip-toed back to Ryan's room and found him doing this:

Ryan's Visit to the Pumpkin Patch

I'm trying to catch up on a few events and forgot to add our annual visit to the pumpkin patch over by church. Ryan loved all the pumpkins.


While you may not see it at first, Ryan is holding his pumpkin selection in his right hand.


There are more pumpkin pics on Maggie's blog.

Ryan Meets His Idol

J took Ryan to see "Sesame Street Live" (or as Ryan calls it "Elmo Whirl" - that's "Elmo's World") with her friend Bobbi and Bobbi's son Brandon. Elmo is one of Ryan's favorites, so he was thrilled to be there.

J took over ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PICTURES - I had to sort through them all to find the gems. (Geez, woman - watch the show next time!)

You must be THIS short to watch the show...

"Elmo loves his goldfish... his crayons too... THAT'S ELMO'S WORLD!!!"

All of the Sesame Street characters were there...

"Oh... I love Trash! Anything dirty or dingy or dusty..."

Everyone was making music.

At the Lake for Labor Day

We went to the lake for Labor Day and spent the entire weekend at the dock. Ryan had a blast and was just about everywhere, involving himself in everything we did.

Ryan spent much of the time hanging around on the dock.

While he's too small to fish himself, he did help Nicholas search for fish.

Ryan loves being on the Waverunners with Dad.

Ryan sometimes is such a quiet child, thinking his cute little thoughts. Here he is on the dock.

We had an "Island" raft that allows some water to play in to come into the middle of the raft. Ryan loved splashing around.

Ryan made a game out of pulling water from the lake using a bucket and some rope and poured the water into his swimming pool.

Ryan is so comfortable at the lake, he didn't mind walking up to the house to meet with his Dad.